Miners earn 10-0 combined no-hitter versus Bears

Friday

Apr 19, 2013 at 11:37 AMApr 22, 2013 at 6:53 PM

Bill Choy

A terrific week of baseball ended with a combined no-hitter for the Yreka Miners on Thursday night.
Juniors Gabe Durney and Tevin Cadola combined for a 10-0 no-hitter of the Mount Shasta Bears in five innings at Hibbard Field in Yreka as the Miners earned it's third win of the week and fourth straight victory.
On Tuesday, Yreka downed the Bears 11-0 in Mount Shasta and defeated Shasta of Redding 10-9 at home on Wednesday, thanks to a successful squeeze play the bottom of the seventh inning.
Durney pitched the first three innings on Thursday and had three strikeouts and one walk. Cadola pitched two innings, including striking out the final five batters he faced. Durney earned the victory for the Miners.
“Anytime you can get three wins in a week it's big,” Yreka head coach Jason Freitas said.
Yreka dominated from the start on Thursday, earning three runs in the first inning as the Bears were unable to stop the Miners.
In the bottom of the fifth, with the score 9-0, Yreka scored on a run by Levi Barholomew to end the game at 10-0.The contest was stopped after five due to the 10-inning mercy rule.
“We had a lot of good at bats,” Freitas said,
A good sized crowd of both Yreka and Mount Shasta supporters enjoyed a perfectly clear and sunny spring evening. It was quite a change from Tuesday's game in Mount Shasta where a light but steady stream of snow fell during the contest.
While he liked his team's effort, Bears head coach Joe Gell said the squads four fielding errors proved costly, as well as the number of walks and passed balls the Bears made.
“Yreka is a good team but we gave them some easy runs,” Gell said. Gell added that the squad is quite young, with a number of freshman contributing, and believes that the experience of playing quality competition like Yreka will help his team in the long run.
Freitas was pleased that the entire team had at-bats on Thursday and said it's always good to give players that don't see a lot of playing time the opportunity to bat and take the field.
For Yreka, Dustin Jochim finished 1-for-2 with two runs and a double. Michael Schuler went 1-for-1 with two runs, two RBI's and one double. Michael Elfgen finished 1-for-3 with an RBI.
Freitas hopes the positive showing this week will help the Miners earn playoff points as they look to earn a good seed in the postseason. Last year, Yreka made it all the way to the Northern Section Division 2 title game, where they lost to Sutter.
The Miners finally hit the .500 mark again this season on Thursday, improving to 12-12-2 for the year and 5-4 in the Northern Athletic League. The Bears are currently 4-8 overall and 4-4 in the Shasta Cascade League.
Next week, Yreka heads to Shasta for a game on Wednesday and host Eagle Point of Oregon next Friday. Next Friday, the Bears resume Shasta Cascade League play with a doubleheader versus Burney at home.